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Disaster, Volunteers

Red Cross Offers Disaster Spiritual Care to Flood Survivors in Louisiana

by American Red Cross August 25, 2016August 31, 2016

For the past 17 years, Tim Serban has served as a volunteer with the American Red Cross. Yet, he doesn’t deliver food, water nor even relief supplies like thousands of …

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From the Front Lines: Mobilizing Red Crossers for Louisiana Floods

by Sarah Layton August 18, 2016

It’s been a busy week at the Red Cross, and we’re not even close to wrapping up our effort to serve the people of Louisiana. Haven’t heard what’s going on? No …

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Boots on the Ground for the Red Cross

by Sarah Layton October 16, 2015October 16, 2015

Post by Patricia Kemp, Communications Manager helping with the Red Cross flood response in South Carolina As flood waters began to rise in South Carolina, U. S. Navy Officer Travis Akers packed …

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On the Ground Perspective: Lone Star Response

by Jordan Scott May 29, 2015May 30, 2015

Post by Richard Reed, Senior Vice President, Disaster Cycle Services They say everything is bigger in Texas. They aren’t kidding. I’m writing to you from here in the Lone Star …

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Blogs from the Field: From Alaska to Bangladesh

by Niki Clark October 23, 2012

This is a post by Wendy Brightman, who is a volunteer from Alaska spending four weeks in Bangladesh helping with cash transfer programming after severe flooding left millions displaced and …

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Hurricane Tomas

by Wendy Harman November 5, 2010September 8, 2016

We are extremely concerned about the potential impact of Tropical Storm Tomas.

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Notes from the Field: 1st Day in Pakistan

by Wendy Harman August 30, 2010

Christophe Lobry-Boulanger from the American Red Cross has been deployed to work on the floods in Pakistan and is posting at the New York Chapter’s blog.

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Help Now: Billy Bob Thornton on Red Cross Disaster Relief

by Gloria Huang July 29, 2010August 2, 2010

We’re always grateful for support from celebrities such as Billy Bob Thornton. Check out the PSA below, in which he recounts the flash flood in Arkansas a couple months ago that caused 20 fatalities.

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From the American People to the American People

by Gloria Huang May 14, 2010May 14, 2010

Below is a blog entry that Kristin Claes, a Red Cross worker from the Greater Chicago Area Chapter, wrote during her deployment to Tennessee. We are sharing it with you …

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Paying It Forward

by Gloria Huang May 8, 2010May 8, 2010

We rely on the generosity of our donors every day here at the Red Cross. Amazing stories like the one below are great examples of how far an act of kindness can extend.

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